Nervensäge

German

Etymology

From Nerv (“nerve”) +‎ -en- +‎ Säge (“saw”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɛʁfn̩zɛːɡə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
IPA^(key): /-zeːɡə/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Ner‧ven‧sä‧ge

Noun

Nervensäge f (genitive Nervensäge, plural Nervensägen)

(derogatory, of a person) pain in the neck, pain in the ass

Declension

Declension of Nervensäge [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Nervensäge	die	Nervensägen
genitive	einer	der	Nervensäge	der	Nervensägen
dative	einer	der	Nervensäge	den	Nervensägen
accusative	eine	die	Nervensäge	die	Nervensägen

Further reading

“Nervensäge” in Duden online
“Nervensäge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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